The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar addressing at the launch of the “2015 – Year of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients”, in New Delhi on February 25, 2015.
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1510 - Prtuguese catholics capture Goa.
1586 - Death of Birbal
1760 - Robert Clive left India. He returned later on.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the swearing-in ceremony of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, at Jammu University, in Jammu and Kashmir on March 01, 2015. The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri N.N. Vohra and other dignitaries are also seen.
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The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi addressing at the inauguration of the foundation day of NCPCR, in New Delhi on March 05, 2015.
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1928 - Sir C.V.Raman published his famous 'Raman Effect' theory, which got him Nobel Prize.

The former Director of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Dr. P. Balaram delivering the National Science Day Lecture on “Science for Nation Building” in New Delhi on February 28, 2015.
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1568 - Chittorgarh Fort was captured by Akbar.
1580 - First presence of a Jesuit Priest to Goa in the court of Akbar at Fatehpur Sikhri
1712 - Bahadur Shah I died in the war of succession.
1835 - Medical college was started in Calcutta (officially opened on 20 February).
1918 - Srinivas Ramanujam, Mathematician, was elected fellow of Royal Society.
1919 - Gandhiji's satyagraha against Rowlatt Bill.
1928 - C.V. Raman discovered Raman Effect that later gave him Nobel Prize.
1930 - C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of Raman Effect.
1937 - Subramanyan Chandrasekhar discovered the white dwarf maximum mass limit.
1950 - Setting up of Planning Commission announced.
1968 - Aurobindo Ashram was inaugurated.
1987 - National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR headquarters
1998 - Third and Final phase of Lok Sabha Election for 131 constituencies held.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi paying homage to the former Prime Minister, Shri Morarji Desai, on his Birth Anniversary, in New Delhi on February 28, 2015. The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan and other dignitaries are also seen.
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The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan addressing at the Foundation Day Function of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), in New Delhi on March 02, 2015. The Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Shri Sudhir Kumar and other dignitaries are also seen.
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1929
14 February 1929 Many young revolutionaries accused in Lahore Conspiracy case (Bhagat Singh Batukeshwar Dutt, and Sukh Dev were in the accused list) went on hunger strike in the jail. http://www.shahidbhagatsingh.org/index.asp?link=ordinance)
On 13 September 1929, Das died after a 63-day hunger strike.
Bhagat Singh finally heeded a resolution of the Congress party, and a request by his father, ending his hunger strike on 5 October 1929 after 116 days.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh

1930
14 February 1930 The Working Committee of the INC met at Sabarmati and passed the Civil Disobedience resolution.

1953 Congress, PSP,CP and Jana Sangh recognized as national parties.
1954 Kashmir Assembly accepts reunification with India
1966 Madurai Kamaraj University was established
1994 World Marathi Chamber of Commerce was established

2000 - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary Jayalalitha became the first former Chief Minister to be punished under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA), 1988 when Special Judge V. Radhakrishnan in Chennai convict ed and sentenced her to one year's rigorous imprisonment for her role in granting illegal exemption in 1994 to Pleasant Stay Hotel, Kodaikanal from building and hill area development control rules. Radhakrishnan sentenced four other accused to rigorous imprisonment for one year and six months on different charges and asked them to pay varying amounts as fine. The sentences of imprisonment were to run concurrently. These accused were T.M. Selvaganap athy, former Local Administration Minister and now the Lok Sabha member from Salem (A-2); H.M. Pandey, former Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply (A-3); Rakesh Mittal, executive director of the hotel (A-4); and Palai N. Shanmugham, its c hairman and managing director (A-5).http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1704/17040380.htm

Obama honours NRI scientist who paved way for PRK and LASIK laser refractive surgical techniques
Rangaswamy Srinivasan received the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation award, along with Samuel Blum and James Wynne, for the pioneering discovery of excimer laser ablative photodecomposition of human and animal tissue.

National Coastal Area Protection Day

Education in Agricultural Technology Day

1835 Darjeeling was obtained by East India Company from King of Sikkim

1855 East India Railways inaugurated. Howrah railway station opened.

1881 St. Stephen's College was founded in Delhi

1901 Six language panel was started Rs. 5 Note.

1964 Unit Trust of India was established.

1972 International Airport Authority of India was established.

1977 Indian Coast Guard was started

1985 Azharuddin established a record at Kanpur by scoring a century in each of his first three tests.

1994 ONGC became a public limited company - Prime Minister Narasimha Rao attended World Economic Forum at Davos.

2012
Delhi Metro's phase III heritage corridor work starts
Maruti Suzuki rolls out new DZire
Jayalalita regrets aligning with DMDK for Tamilnadu Assembly polls. Vijayakant, whose party fought the April 2010 assembly elections with the AIADMK but parted ways the year after, and other legislators of his party were evicted from the house following the verbal duel.http://indiatoday.intoday.in/calendar/1-2-2012/online.html

2013
Power tariff in Delhi should come down instead of going up, says Kejriwal